How to check visited link using jquery without using any plugin

Question

How to check the visited link using jquery without using any plugin, please help solve this problem.

Answer 1

Just check if it has a property :visited

if ($("a#theLink:visited").length) {
    //anchor tag with id of "theLink" has been visited
}

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edit : Remy Sharp created a jquery plugin to help locate visited links.

edit2 . This seems like a security issue. mozilla is now fixed, http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/03/privacy-related-changes-coming-to-css-vistited/

Answer 2

Remy Sharp jQuery , "getComputedStyle", false mozilla, : http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/03/privacy-related-changes-coming-to-css-vistited/